The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-24
DIR. STONES LETyrrI,

epeesds Correspondence ofs'he Intellioocer,
BOMBAY, INDIA, Jan. 2l.-During the
Garfield and Arthur campaign n little tot
Of . girl was heard to cry IS uhe ran along
side OF Republican procession, "Rah
for Garfield. Oh, my, but 20 for Gar.
field" Mrs. Stone and would like to
say that these are cur sentiments toward
the lSTELLloENcER, aud cur friends, its
roHdera. When your kind notice Of our
parsonage scheme came, together with
other responses from our Ohio Valley
friends. wo had jollifcation meeting.
Old Wheelingis called conservative. but
she has not: forgotten India, nor can abe
be forgotten by Indians. She has contrib.
uted oil her children and her money to
the evang6llzation OF this remote part of
the globe. The pmoky city on the Ohio.
and its vicinity, is looked back to as homo
by the administration there's a good
~ tribc---may 1t never grow less the
scotts, the Alexanders and the Stones, |
trust many more from this "no moan
city" will come to these regions beyond
on errands Of peace and righteousnoss.
Our now parsonage is progressing. I'VE
hope toon to dedicate II to 'the servico nj
home, hospitality and God. Any lingsr-
ing Virginiaa propensity to hospitality we
may have finds ample ecope in this, the
great port OF India. -,
Are you aware that when this American
Methodist home ia completed we shall
Owe It's design 10 a Wheeling lady, it's
walls and roof-treo in great part to Wheel.
ing friends, the organ which will furnish
Its muelc to q Wheeling house, paid for
by a Wheeling man? The gas fixtures
through which We are to receive our
light come from the Nail City, AMI las. OF
all, the Queen oil this domain ia Of the best
Of Wheeling women. What more can
Wheeling do? Do you wonder that wa
cry "'Rah Tor Wheelin2f" Oh, nv, but
We do 20 Tor the smoky old town."
Since November VIC have been ente,.
tanning g constant stream of American
guests. Many OF them are missionaries
returning to their work, or entering on
their new duties. Others were tourists.
Some were prominent officials of the
church, and hero on duty. Among the
dIst to arrive wero Bishop Ninde and his
accomplished daughter. Tho presence OF
these two has been benediction to us,
Among the more recent arrivals were
Rev. j. E. Scott end his wife, once known
by hostn OF her friends in the Ohio Valley
as Mics Emma Moro and Herbert Scott,
whom his mother thinks no.end .of.s-bsby.
We don't demur. Poor little Herbert had
a cad time Of it here. was ill for three
weeks in Bombay. He improved, how.
| ever, as coon ss he left for North India.
We have now with us Rev. Abel Stevens,
L.L.D.,. the veteran historian Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. He and
his wife are on their way round the world.
We will not soon forget their visit.
On the third OF January, memorable
day to me, Mrs. Stone and I started to
North India to attend the North India
Conference. We travelled 900 miles north
east, until We struck tho Ganges at ALA
habad. Thence, after q delay OF twelve
hours, We proceeded up the lett bank Of
tho mighty Gangea to Cawnpore. Here
we chsnged.cais for Lucknow, Baveilly and
Moradabad, where we arrived at noon on
the nixth. We found the brethren in the
second day OF their eecsion. We were &C.
corded o hearty welcome.
Moradsbad is aituGted 10 Rohileund,
and is shout thirty miles from the Hima-
lsyas. l think We were more impressed
by the cold than any other peculiarly Of
this northern city. The everlasting (coId)
SHOWS could DO distinctly seen from the
mission house. About that cold-when l
tell you that We slept under two blankets,
two quilts and a travelling rug and yet did
not suffer with the heat, you can figure
out tie degrees OF cold we Southerners
were exposed to. These plain cities OF
0udh and Rohileund suffer terribly from
the hot winds during April and May, but
the climate during the winter months is
beautiful. / felt like new man as
breathed the cold Dir, and was clad in
woollen from feet up, an overcast over.
topping all.
AS to that conference.-the me cay to
any friends who may be tkeptical es to
the success OF modern missions, it was the
easiest place to believe in missions ever
saw. Now, never was doubter in re.
spect to this kind Of Christian work.
certainly AMI not now. To those who
support missions by their prayers, their
money and their influence, l would cay
Rejoice and be exceeding glad" Do
missions to idolatrous heather pay? Un-
doubtedly they do. l am not in native,
but in English work, have never re-
ceived q penny Of support from the
missionary society, so,I claim I can e1-
press nm unbiased opinion. Don't neg
lect to give largely to the cause OF missions.
be you Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist
or what not. The Lord Jesus has given
the marching orders in His commiesion
"Go ye into the world and preach the
Gospel to every creature" He who gave
the command so tardily obeyed, gave also
a promise which He Is fulfilling to the
letter to-day. "Lo, ] am with YOU" $50
Theso missions OF the christian churches
OF America and Europe are Of God, Ali
candid writers on Hindoo;sm are ready to
acknowledge that that ancient structure
Of grotesquc and cruel supers!itions has
shown moro eigns Of dissolution during
the psst seventy years since christian mis-
sionaries began their work Of telling "the
sweet story Of old" than were seen during
twenty-five centuries OF conflict between
Hindooism and Greek philosopy first,
Buddhism next, and lastly, nearly a thou.
sand years Of wal, to the knife with tho
hosts Of Islam, than whom no more yigor-
GUS proselyters ever lived. The Greek in.
vadsrs we're HindooiHed. Buddhiam was
absorbed. Ialamism produced no effect
upon the heart Of Hindoo faith, but the
little stone cut out without hands ia smit.
ing the feet Of this image Of thirty con.
turies' growth, and as certainly IS the
moon wakes and wanes the little stone is
breaking the image TO pieces. Kesbub
Sunder Sen, the great Branco leader OF
Bengal once cried before an assembly OF
Hindoos and Christians in Calcutta.
The success Of Christian missions is no
longer q problem. For myself, | can saw
| feel no misgiyings, I fully believe Christ
has come into India and has taken poaseG.
sion OF Indis's heart. Some say, India
will be Christ's, but It is not yet, The
idea Of conjugating Chrial's success in
India is future tense. 1t is thing already
achieved: say, emphatically, that the
,, spirit Of Christ has gone into the depths Of
India,a heart derlara that thn nnnntiI,r